“This is the type of disregard for court rules and promptness, affecting the rights of Mr. Buckner that has plagued this case throughout its pendency,” Georgia Capital Defender attorneys Newell Hamilton Jr. and Jason Randall Clark argued.

Their motion argued the latest filing by District Attorney Larry Chisolm presented an “entirely new and independent brief” from his Sept. 4 arguments, contending the only explanation was that the state “simply did not get the brief they wanted prepared in time and is attempting to thwart the rules by taking however long they want to prepare their brief.”

The state is appealing Chatham County Superior Court Judge Penny Haas Freesemann’s May 30 order dismissing murder and related charges in the 2003 abduction and slaying of 12-year-old Ashleigh Moore.

She ruled the state had violated Buckner’s right to a speedy trial by delaying that trial by 53 months.

The state’s first brief, prepared by Chief Assistant District Attorney David Perry and filed Sept. 4, denied that the state deliberately delayed Buckner’s trial.

In his “supplemental brief” filed Sept. 28, Chisolm contended the judge abused her discretion in determining that Buckner’s right to a speedy trial had been violated and had ignored the record.

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Go to savannahnow.com/news to view a copy of a defense motion to strike Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm’s supplemental brief in the Bobby Lavon Buckner case.

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One plus one equals two, four parts equal two whole. It is not quantum pyshics, he is guilty but thats not the glaring problem here, what about the guilty as sin person whom gave birth to Ashley? Is she not an accomplice to this horrendous crime?

I am begging every voter of Chatham County to please consider the importance of the DA race on Nov 6. Please don't consider the party of Larry Chisolm when you vote. Please don't consider the race of Larry Chisolm when you vote. Please only consider the performance of Larry Chisolm. Please consider Savannah is less safe now because of his lack of prosecution of criminals. Please consider that he has cost the city over $270,000 due to discrimination lawsuits. Please consider that Ashleigh Moore's killer will be walking the same streets as you do, because Mr. Chisolm botched the case. Please consider our police officer's have no morale due to his office not prosecuting criminals. Please consider the lastest crime waves. Please consider almost all of the crime is committed by career criminals. Please consider the safety of your family, and that it will be in jeopardy if this man is re elected. Forget his race, forget his party, and remember the abomination that he has turned District Attorney's office into.

First Larry Chisolm botches the prosecution of a child rapist and murderer. Then he botches the appeal. Now it's only a matter of time before Larry Chisolm blames this latest debacle on his opponent: "I couldn't write my brief on time because Meg Heap hid my pencil!"